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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 16-17, 2013
‘IT’S PERSONAL’
HARTWICK AIMS TO SECURE FUTURE “The Festival of American Romantics” begins Sunday, May 19, at Hyde Hall.
Hyde Hall Set To Launch Fest Of ‘Romantics’ Former Hartwick Provost Bryant Cureton, center, and his wife Jeanette chat with Hartwick alum and state Sen. Jim Seward prior to “The Blue Tie Affair” gala. Cureton retired as president of Elmhurst College in Illinois.
Judy Freedman talks about the satisfaction she and husband Allen have received since establishing the Freedman Prizes for student-faculty collaborative research in 2002. The Freedmans awarded 34 of the prizes Friday afternoon, May 10. He is retired chairman/CEO of Fortis Inc., a specialty insurance company.
Paul Patinka, ’15, presents a Student Showcase on the topic, “Creating Magic Through Music.” Later Friday, May 10, he received a Freedman Prize for the score of “The Tempest,” recently produced at Hartwick’s Slade Theater.
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y enduring memory of this night will be looking out at all of you,” said Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich to the crowd gathered at the “Blue Tie Affair” gala under a tent set up between Golisano and Bresee halls. “All of you who have invested in Hartwick: This is a true reunion of shared experience.” The “Blue Tie” gala may have been the highpoint, but it was one of many Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, a two-day kickoff of the “It’s Personal: The Campaign for Hartwick” fundraising effort that aims to raise $32 million to underwrite scholarships, J-Term expenses, a “campus living room” in the Dewar Union, and the William V. Campbell H’10 Fitness Center. ► 8 a.m., Friday, May 10 It isn’t easy getting students out of bed on a Friday morning, but the best and the brightest came out to present in the first round of the student showcase. (Free coffee and muffins helped turnout.) The oral presentations, performances and posters displayed the collaborative efforts of students and faculty.
LET’S DANCE: The Arc Otsego hosts its annual Spring Fling Dance with music by DJ Tom King. $2 admission, 7-9 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at the Holiday Inn, Oneonta. CANCER FIGHT: The 15th annual Cooperstown/ Otsego County Relay For Life starts at 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Dreams Park, Hartwick Seminary. Closing ceremonies are at 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich prepares to offer a (non-alcoholic) toast to success after announcing the $32 million goal of the college’s “It’s Personal” fund drive at “A Blue Bash!” luncheon Friday, May 10 – and that $19.2 million has already been raised. She’s holding a bottle of Welch’s sparkling grape juice; her parents, Frank and Mary, grew grapes for that company on their farm in Harpersfield, Ohio, where her mom still lives.
“I came in knowing what I wanted to do,” said Sabrina Jones, who took one of 34 Freedman Prizes for her work with Dr. Kin Ho Chan linking aggression and polyunsaturated fats. “Hartwick
gave me the chance to do that research, to study overseas and to have all these great opportunities.” ► Noon, Friday, May 10 “I was really shy when I came out of high school,” said Robert
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ohn Doelp. ’76, not only got his “musical drive” from Hartwick College, but also his intuition. “I was never closed-minded about anything here,” he said. “My gut is
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his summer’s Glimmerglass-wide “Festival of American Romantics” begins at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, with a literary and musical event, “The Picturesque,” at the Hyde Hall National Historic Landmark mansion. Cooper A reception follows. The evening will include readings from James Fenimore Cooper and his daughter, Susan, and poems by Emily Dickinson set to the music of Heggie, Gordon and Copland. The Fenimore Art Museum and the Glimmerglass Festival have scheduled programming throughout the summer around the “American Romantics” theme.
what steers me – I try not to think too much.” Post-graduation, intuition served him well as he moved up the career ladder to senior VP of Sony Music Entertainment. Once, he received a demo tape of a young French-Canadian singer and fell in love with the sound of her Please See SECRETS, B4
Mele, ’14, who had been chosen to wear an “It’s Personal” T-shirt at the Blue Bash luncheon. “But when I got here, I became really active in Peer Leadership, Student Please See LAUNCH, B3 Rob Rowe discusses his career with Citigroup at the Saturday, May 11, panel, “Making and Managing Change,” along with, front to back, Cyrus Mehri, David Long and John Doelp.
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PLANT SALE: Baked goods and beautiful plants at The Oneonta Garden club’s spring sale. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Swart Wilcox House in Oneonta. FLY-IN BREAKFAST: Fly In Pancake Breakfast with all you can eat pancakes, eggs, sausage and real maple syrup. $7 adults, $4.50 under 12. 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Cooperstown/Westville Airport. PLANTING DAYS: Red and Rusty, the new baby oxen, welcome you to see how spring was done in the 1840s. Entry included with admission. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday May 18-19 at The Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown.
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